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Unitary Councils

Commons · Question 20129 · Tabled 16 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 20 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Sir Bernard Jenkin

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, what the evidential basis is that unitary councils save mo

Answer

Answered by Jim McMahon, 20 Dec 2024

The Case For Local Government Reorganisation in the English Devolution White Paper, states “In 2020 a PwC report, “Evaluating the importance of scale in proposals for local government reorganisation”, for the County Councils Network, estimated that reorga...